Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or more

Motif

Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or more.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by faithfulness of others. · view the constellation · filed as D758.2

Attested across traditions

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 9 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 49 receipt
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 137 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

German Grimm Nos. 9, 49, 137.

Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment by maintaining silence.

Filed beside it

Disenchantment by three nights' silence under punishment

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: speaking during certain time Transformation through thoughtless wish of parent Quest for lost brother(s) Transformation by pinching flower (life token) Daily transformation Gradual disenchantment. (Cf. D617.) Person restored to human form retains certain animal features Disenchantment by physical contact Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.) Suitors assigned quests Tasks performed with help of old woman Task: sewing a shirt from flower petals

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